[Amended 11-28-2005 by Ord. No. 88-2005]
A. All persons shall be responsible for the sanitary maintenance of the premises on which any animals are housed, maintained or kenneled.
B. The number of animals housed or maintained within a structure, or upon any premises, shall be limited only to those animals that can be adequately maintained in a clean and sanitary condition as determined by the Health Officer.
C. Animal shelters, or areas in which animals are maintained, shall be permitted only as approved by the Health Officer. Animal shelters shall not be constructed or located in such a manner that it creates a health hazard or nuisance to the adjoining property owners.
D. People owning, harboring or keeping an animal within the City shall not permit any waste matter from the animal to collect and remain on the property of the owner or custodian, or on the property of others so as to cause or create an unhealthy, unsanitary, dangerous or offensive living condition on the owner's or custodian's property, or to abutting property of others.
E. Excess animal food shall not be allowed to accumulate in such a manner as to create a food source for bacteria, insects or rodents.
F. No person shall maintain, transport or carry any animal or pet in any eating and drinking establishment, food manufacturing or food service facility, except trained guide dogs for the blind.
G. Owners of leashed or unleashed animals shall be responsible for the removal and disposal of fecal matter deposited by his animal anywhere within the City.
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5. Editor's Note: Original § 10-114, Salvage operations and junkyards, which immediately followed this section, was repealed during codification (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Part 2).